9^ International Conference “SERIVIVAL”
from 7th to 9th April 2019
Batumi – Georgia
Dr. Silvia Cappellozza participated in the International conference entitled “Sericulture preservation and revival – problems and prospects”, bringing the experience of Italian silk and of the Serinnovation project.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the autonomous Republic of Adjara and the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences hosted the meeting in collaboration with BACSA (Black and Caspian Seas and Central Asia Silk Association). Currently several countries from Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, which are BACSA members, must face the problem of how preserving and relaunching sericulture. On the other hand, although more than 40 Countries in the World are interested in sericulture, 90% of these make efforts only to preserve it and only few make some attempts to revive it. Even in those countries that until now have been the major cocoon or silk producers, now there are entire regions where sericulture was partially or totally abandoned and this agricultural activity may be lost. Therefore, the preservation and relaunch of sericulture is not a local problem of BACSA countries, but a global issue.
With this aim, the Conference organizers appreciate the presentation of papers on this fundamental theme, as well as reports on the state of sericulture in the countries, works regarding science and technology in the fields of the silkworm, cocoons, silk production, pathology, selection and rearing, utilization of the silkworm and mulberry for non-textile objectives, the technologies of cocoon post-harvesting , textile industry and marketing.
Organizing committee:
– President: Prof. Dr P. Tzenov, President of BACSA and Director of Scientific Center on Sericulture under the Bulgarian Agricultural Academy.
– Vice-president: Prof. Dr. Elgudja Shapakidze, Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tbilisi, Georgia
Members:
– Mr. MAMUKA TURMANIDZE, Vice Minister, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE OF THE AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF ADJARA, Georgia.
– Dr. Evripidis Kipriotis, BACSA vice president for Europe, Greece.
– Dr. Homid Homidy, BACSA vice president for Central Asia and Caucasus, Uzbekistan, presently International consultant in Rwanda.
– Dr. Maria Ichim, General manager, Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bucharest, Romania.
– Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusif Shukurlu, Director, Regional Scientific Center of Sheki, Sheki, Azerbaijan.
– Prof. Dr. Dimitar Grekov, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
– Mr. Durmush Yilmaz, Kozabirlik sericultural cooperative, Bursa, Turkey.
– Scientifc committee: Prof. Dr. E. Shapakidze; Dr. S. Cappellozza; Prof. Dr. S. Madyarov; Prof. Dr. P. Tzenov
